Reports and resources - a bibliography for making the business case 

Integrating refugees into the workforce is good for the economy

Tent Partnership for Refugees, Refugees Work: A humanitarian investment that yields economic dividends, May 2016 (75 pages)

Amplio Recruiting, Refugee Workforce: The Economic Case for Hiring the Displaced, Sep 2019 (book)

Centre for Policy Development, Settling Better: Reforming refugee employment and settlement services, Feb 2017 (39 pages)

IMF Staff Discussion Note, The Refugee Surge in Europe: Economic Challenges, Jan 2016 (50 pages)

Deloitte Access Economics, Seizing the opportunity: Making the most of the skills and experience of migrants and refugees, Nov 2018 (32 pages)

Deloitte Access Economics, The Economic Benefits of improving social inclusion, Aug 2019 (70 pages)

Hire Immigrants, Cities of Migration, BertelsmannStiftung, Investing in Refugee Talent: Lessons Learned in Labour Market Integration, Feb 2019 (44 pages)

Hippolyte d’Albis, Ekrame Boubtane, Dramane Coulibaly, Macroeconomic evidence suggests that asylum seekers are not a “burden” for Western European countries, Science Advances, 20 June 2018

Migration Council of Australia, The Economic Impact of Migration, 2015 (46 pages)

Corporate responsibility and sustainability measures are good for business

Project ROI, Defining the competitive and financial advantages of corporate responsibility and sustainability, 2015 (66 pages)

Helping refugees has support from customers

Tent Partnership for Refugees and NYU Stern School of Business, How Helping Refugees Helps Brands: Europe, June 2019 (48 pages)

Tent Partnership for Refugees and NYU Stern School of Business, How Helping Refugees Helps Brands (34 pages)

Cultural knowledge brings a competitive advantage

Australian Human Rights Commission and Deloitte, Missing out: The business case for customer diversity, Feb 2017 (43 page report)

Refugees are good employees

Tent Partnership for Refugees and Fiscal Policy Institute, Refugees as Employees: Good retention, strong recruitment, May 2018 (46 pages)

Forbes, Study: Refugees Stay in Manufacturing Jobs Longer than other employees, May 2018

Diversity of thinking boosts performance

Diversity Council Australia, ‘Inclusion at Work Index 2017-2018: The state of inclusion in the Australian workforce’, Nov 2017

Infographic (2 pages)

Full report (24 pages)

McKinsey & Company, Diversity wins: Why inclusion matters, 19 May 2020 (56 pages)

McKinsey & Company, Why diversity matters, Jan 2015 (3 pages)

Diversity in your workforce is good for the performance and well-being of other staff

2016 Cone Communications, Employee Engagement Study (16 pages)

2016 Cone Communications, Millennial Employee Engagement Study (10 pages)

Felicity Menzies, How does employee well-being link to diversity and inclusion? 6 Sep 2018

Mai Chen, Diverse Thinking Capability Audit of New Zealand Boardrooms 2018, Aug 2018

Success stories

Deloitte Access Economics and AMES Australia, Regional Futures: Economic and social impact of Karen settlement in Bendigo, Aug 2018 (40 pages) 

CGU Small Business Insurance, Migrant Small Business Report, Jan 2018 (31 pages)

Guidelines on welcoming refugees into your workforce

The Tent Partnership for Refugees and Friendly Nation Initiative’s Australian Employers’ Guide to Hiring Refugees (2019) contains essential information about the logistics and practicality of hiring refugees in Australia, who can help them, and how to make it a success.

Crescent Foundation and University of Sydney Employers Guide to Refugee Employment (2021)

Jesuit Refugee Services Australia Employment Program: An employer’s guide to working with people seeking asylum and refugees (2022)

International guidelines

Tent Partnership for Refugees and Deloitte, A New Home at Work: An employers’ guidebook to fostering inclusion for refugee employees, February 2019 (59 page report)

Employer Guide to Hiring Newcomers: Information and Resources (Greater Toronto Area, Canada) (21 page guide)

UNHCR and OECD, Engaging with Employers in the Hiring of Refugees: A 10-point multi-stakeholder action plan for employers, refugees, governments and civil society (2018)

Syrian Refugees Jobs Agenda: Kick Starting Employer Action (January 2017) (27 page guide)

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